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Media Advisory - Skull, shiny nut or baldy against cancer: the Cops for Cancer Shave-O-Thon to fight cancer takes place this Friday in partnership with the Montreal Alouettes

MONTREAL, Feb. 12 /CNW Telbec/ -
An Invitation to the Media
for the 9th Cops for Cancer Shave-O-Thon
to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society
on Friday, Feb. 13th, 2009
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
(the event will continue until 2 p.m. for the general public)
in the Grande-Place at Complexe Desjardins
150 St. Catherine St. West
Montreal
Camerapersons and photographers are invited to take pictures at the
Grande-Place:
- Close to 50 police officers, paramedics, firefighters and civilians
will have their heads shaved.
- Etienne Boulay of the Montreal Alouettes and spokesperson for the
Shave-O-Thon will attend the event to encourage participants and sign
autographs.
- Shave-O-Thon participants and a spokesperson for the Canadian Cancer
Society will be available for media interviews.
- Attendance prizes will be drawn at random (tickets for the Alouettes).
A VIP package for an Alouettes game will be attributed to the
participant who will have raised the most $ for the event.
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Cops for Cancer is a Canadian Cancer Society fund-raising activity where
men and women police officers, paramedics, firefighters, security agents,
police students, ambulance attendants and civilians agree to have their
heads shaved to raise funds for the fight against cancer. During the last
nine years in Quebec, Cops for Cancer has had huge success. Several
hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised for the Quebec Division
of the Canadian Cancer Society.
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